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Chapter 47

           Finally,withGeorgiainthestatusofamilitaryprovince,thepollshadbeenorderedthrownopentothenegroes,whetherthestate’slawspermitteditornot.

           AweekbeforeScarlettandRhettannouncedtheirengagement,anelectionforgovernorhadbeenheld.TheSouthernDemocratshadGeneralJohnB.Gordon,oneofGeorgia’sbestlovedandmosthonoredcitizens,astheircandidate.OpposinghimwasaRepublicannamedBullock.Theelectionhadlastedthreedaysinsteadofone.Trainloadsofnegroeshadbeenrushedfromtowntotown,votingateveryprecinctalongtheway.Ofcourse,Bullockhadwon.

           IfthecaptureofGeorgiabyShermanhadcausedbitterness,thefinalcaptureofthestate’scapitolbytheCarpetbaggers,Yankeesandnegroescausedanintensityofbitternesssuchasthestatehadneverknownbefore.AtlantaandGeorgiaseethedandraged.

           AndRhettButlerwasafriendofthehatedBullock!

           Scarlett,withherusualdisregardofallmattersnotdirectlyunderhernose,hadscarcelyknownanelectionwasbeingheld.RhetthadtakennopartintheelectionandhisrelationswiththeYankeeswerenodifferentfromwhattheyhadalwaysbeen.ButthefactremainedthatRhettwasaScallawagandafriendofBullock.And,ifthemarriagewentthrough,ScarlettalsowouldbeturningScallawag.Atlantawasinnomoodtobetolerantorcharitabletowardanyoneintheenemycampand,thenewsoftheengagementcomingwhenitdid,thetownrememberedalloftheevilthingsaboutthepairandnoneofthegood.

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